Doesn't help that "joining a community" these days basically means finding a subreddit that can tell you which things you need to buy in order to become part of

Doesn't help that "joining a community" these days basically means finding a subreddit that can tell you which things you need to buy in order to become part of that community. Once you've bought them, you post a picture on the subreddit with some sort of self-deprecating title and move on to figuring out what you need to buy next.